Manchin's private offer to Biden included pre-k, climate money, Obamacare — but excluded child benefit  —  The West Virginia Democrat tried to pare back a tax and spending package, stripping out pieces the White House wanted to keep.  —  Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) …

Trump Sues New York A.G. in Attempt to Stop Inquiry Into His Business  —  The attorney general, Letitia James, is seeking to question the former president under oath next month as part of a long-running investigation.  —  Donald J. Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday against the New York State attorney general …

Biden's Economic Performance Has Proved Unbeatable  —  No first-year president going back to Carter comes close to matching the current White House occupant's No. 1 or No. 2 ranking in each of 10 key measures.  —  U.S. financial markets are outperforming the world by the biggest margin in the 21st century …

Donald Trump Reveals He Got Vaccine Booster Shot, Gets Booed by Tour Crowd  —  Donald Trump was met with boos when he revealed he had received a booster shot of the coronavirus vaccine on Sunday.  Trump made the revelation after telling a mostly unmasked crowd at the American Airlines Center …

DC 3rd graders made to reenact Holocaust ‘because Jews ruined Christmas’  —  Children told to simulate digging mass graves and shooting victims; Jewish student cast as Hitler and made to pretend to commit suicide at end of exercise  —  A staff member at a Washington DC school has been suspended …

It's official: Durham is investigating the Clinton Campaign.  —  Enter the Clinton Campaign Lawyers  —  The latest filings by Special Counsel John Durham reveal that lawyers for the Hillary Clinton Campaign now represent Christopher Steele primary subsource Igor Danchenko.

Why Trump appears deeply unnerved as Capitol attack investigation closes in  —  Flurry of recent revelations raises the specter that the committee is swiftly heading towards an incriminating conclusion  —  Donald Trump is increasingly agitated by the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack …

Millions of Angry, Armed Americans Stand Ready to Seize Power If Trump Loses in 2024  —  Mike “Wompus” Nieznany is a 73-year-old Vietnam veteran who walks with a cane from the combat wounds he received during his service.  That disability doesn't keep Nieznany from making …

QAnon cultists are now drinking bleach compound from communal bowl: ‘Immediately evokes images of Jonestown’  —  QAnon cultists gathered in Dallas have started drinking an industrial disinfectant mixed into a chemical cocktail.  —  Family members of a Delaware woman who left her husband …

Murphy, a leader of House Dem centrists, won't seek reelection  —  Rep. Stephanie Murphy, a leading voice of House Democrats' moderate wing, announced Monday she won't seek reelection next fall in another stinging loss for her party.  —  The Florida Democrat — who flipped a GOP-held battleground seat …

The push to ban books in Texas schools spreads to public libraries  —  Some Texas residents are asking for greater say in what titles appear on public library shelves.  —  Copy link  —  When the Llano County Library shuts down for three days this week, starting Tuesday, it won't be for the holidays.

Biden's approval dips to new low as independents sour on his leadership  —  As President Joe Biden heads into the end of the year, he's facing a sour reality: The number of Americans who approve of his performance has hit a new low.  Just 41 percent of Americans approve of the job he has been doing …

Conservative Florida pundit awaiting trial for allegedly funneling Russian money to Trump campaign dies  —  A longtime conservative political commentator and author under federal indictment for conspiring to illegally funnel Russian money to the Trump campaign in 2016 has died.

Moderna says its booster significantly raises the level of antibodies to thwart Omicron.  —  A booster shot of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine significantly raises the level of antibodies that can thwart the Omicron variant, the company announced on Monday.  —  The news arrives …

CREW files criminal complaint against Trump, Pompeo and Wolf  —  Washington — Federal prosecutors should investigate whether Donald Trump, Mike Pompeo and Chad Wolf committed criminal violations of the Hatch Act, according to a complaint filed today by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

Travel Advisory  —  Ukraine - Level 4: Do Not Travel  —  The Department of State continues to advise U.S. citizens not to travel to Ukraine due to COVID-19 and to reconsider travel due to increased threats from Russia.  Exercise increased caution due to crime and civil unrest.  Some areas have increased risks.

Steve Bannon Vows to Take Over Entire U.S. ‘Election Apparatus’  —  OH, GREAT  —  Former Trump official turned right-wing provocateur Steve Bannon took things a step further Monday morning, pledging to one day soon take over the entire “election apparatus” in the United States.

Buying Influence: How China Manipulates Facebook and Twitter  —  境外.交平 台注册  —  Register accounts on foreign social media platforms  —  按月报单 价  —  境外.交平 台账号伪装 ; 及.护

Oust Trump coup planners, enablers and provocateurs from public office.  They betrayed us.  —  Expulsion is the most severe penalty in Congress.  Its historic trigger has been disloyalty to America - a hallmark of Trump's Big Lie and failed coup.  —  The price of admission in a democracy is accepting that your side has lost.

Pelosi announces plans for ‘solemn observance’ of one-year anniversary of Jan. 6 insurrection  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has indicated there will be a “full program of events” to mark the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, in which a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol …